SODESAKI IROHA I

Stage name:

Sodesaki Iroha I In Japanese | In Japanese | In Japanese

Other name:

Sodesaki Iheiji In Japanese

Line number: SHODAI (I)

Existence: ???

Connection:

Brother: Sodesaki Karyû

Family map: the Sodesaki Clan

Career:

1691: he started his career in Kyôto, performing under the name of Sodesaki Iroha.

9th lunar month of 1695: Iroha played at Miyako Mandayû's theater the role of Princess Matsuyoi in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Mizuki Tatsunosuke Tachiburu Mai".

8th lunar month of 1697: Iroha played in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater the role of Meshitaki Tama in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Momoyo Komachi", which was produced by Sakata Tôjûrô I.

Fall 1698: Iroha settled in Ôsaka.

Fall 1699: Iroha went to Edo.

11th lunar month of 1699: Iroha performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise "Hankaichô Tsuwamono Zoroe".

3rd lunar month of 1702: Iroha's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1702: Iroha performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Yorimasa Hôraizan".

1st lunar month of 1704: Iroha went back Ôsaka; he played the role of Otora in the ni-no-kawari drama "Kannon Ryakuengi", which was produced by Kataoka Nizaemon I.

3rd lunar month of 1705: Iroha played in Kyôto the role of the keisei Naniwazu in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Inaba no Matsu", which was produced by Sakata Hyôshichirô at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater. No record afterwards.

Comments:

Sodesaki Iroha I was a Kamigata onnagata actor, who spent a few years in Edo as well. He was very good in keisei or nyôbô roles and he excelled in nuregoto. He unfortunately died too young, before being able to achieve the same level of fame as his elder brother Sodesaki Karyû.

In the Ritsumeikan University Actors Database, Sodesaki Iroha was reported as being the first stage name of Wakaura Kinjûrô (who was Sodesaki Iroha between 1688 and 1712, Sodesaki Wakaura I between 1712 and 1721 and finally Wakaura Kinjûrô from 1721). We've discarded this version and stayed in line with the data from Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten".

Sodesaki Iroha (1693)

Prints & Illustrations

The Sodesaki Iroha line of actors

 
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